When the golden light appeared, the soldiers instinctively closed their eyes. Only Li Zheyu opened his eyes wide.
Just as His Majesty had said, no one could predict what kind of person the Brave Warrior would be and what he would bring to the Roland Empire.
Vigilantly, he stared at the Summoning Array and raised his aura to the maximum.
Therefore, when the players arrived at the spawn point, they saw a man with a murderous look on his face. He gripped the hilt of his sword tightly. A powerful aura was coming toward them!
Araiko was one of them.
She fell like a meteor shower. After the golden light faded, she saw the scene in front of her. It was a huge shock to her.
Because …
She found that she couldn't move!
"What's going on?"
The players around her were also in the same situation.
At the moment, there were about 100 to 200 people gathered on the summoning circle. Araiko stood at the back and could see the IDs above their heads.
She glanced around and saw many familiar pro players. About half of them were there.
Looking forward, she saw a man with black hair and green eyes standing at the edge of the circle. He was wearing armor and holding a heavy sword. He stared at them with a murderous look.
Even with the light behind him, Araiko could see his face clearly.
"Oh my god, is that Li Zheyu?"
A female player beside her whispered. "So cool! I didn't know a gentle and loyal dog could be so cool! "
"I want to touch him and see if he's real. This game is said to be 99% realistic. "
"F * ck, why can't I move?"
Araiko peeked and found that it was a professional player called Light Face.
She pursed her lips. She didn't feel that relaxed. She even felt like vomiting blood.
At this moment, a notification popped up in front of her.
[Ding. You are under level suppression from the NPC Li Zheyu. Due to the high realism settings, it is recommended that you lower the realism settings to avoid being forced to go offline.]
Araiko was stunned. Only then did she remember that she didn't adjust the realism settings during the beginner's tutorial to better experience the game.
She hurriedly brought up the reality interface and found that the senses were actually very thin. Taste, smell, touch, pain, pressure …
In order to get rid of the discomfort as soon as possible, she lowered the overall temperature to 10%, which made her feel much better.
"Level suppression? Is he that awesome? "
"Holy sh * t, this game is so realistic!"
Clearly, other players had also just realized this.
Araiko agreed. Then, he thought of something and hurriedly followed the tutorial he had learned the night before. He turned on the live stream and connected to the Starry Sky Forum.
[Ding. Live stream starts.]
[In order not to affect the normal game experience of other players, do you want to switch the sound channel to the exclusive live broadcast channel? After switching, other players will not be able to hear your voice.]
[In the future, you can set a shortcut key to freely switch between live broadcast mode and public playback mode.]
Araiko was stunned for a moment, and then he was overjoyed.
The realism of this game was too high.
As a sociopathic otaku, to be honest, she was a little scared to speak in front of so many people.
This setting relieved part of her awkwardness.
Araiko quickly switched and tried to say a few words. After confirming that the people around her could not hear her, she chose a shocking title and shared the link to the live stream on social media.
As soon as the link was shared, many people clicked on it.
A holographic game, the only one in the world!
Just this gimmick alone was enough to attract people.
Araiko exited the live stream and found a small TV in front of her. It was playing her live stream with comments flying across it.
According to the prompt, she could also move the small TV to anywhere.
She happily moved the small TV to the upper right corner. It would not affect the real-time monitoring, nor would it block her view.
While she was busy with the settings, the others were not idle either.
"Brother Mu, what are we doing now? Is this the opening story? "
A tall, muscular man with a relaxed expression was chatting with someone he was familiar with.
They were all professional players and were calmer than normal players.
Lin Mu shook his head. Everyone was playing a holographic game for the first time. No one knew how it would unfold.
Generally speaking, when a player first entered the game, they would go through the beginner's tutorial. Or as Wang Yang said, this was the opening story.
Since the situation was unclear, they chose to deal with it by sticking to the status quo. This was what most professional players would do. Of course, professional players were not the only ones participating in the closed beta.
After setting up the realistic environment, although they still could not move, at least they would not feel oppressed to the point of being speechless.
The players started to become active.
"Hey, Li Zheyu, don't give me that face! Smile for me! "
"Wow, those abs, tsk tsk, I'm drooling!"
"What's going on now? Are there benefits for the closed beta? Are we giving out godly equipment at the start? "
"If you want to do the f * cking story, hurry up. I still want to level up!"
The Summoning Hall was in a state of chaos.
Li Zheyu listened to the words of these so-called heroes. Although it was a foreign language, he could understand them. This made his face turn darker and darker.
Story? Benefits?
What the hell? And why did they know his name?
Looking at their laughing faces, Li Zheyu's trust in the Legend of the Hero dropped to the bottom.
Moreover, these people were too weak!
They could not even compare to normal civilians. He could kill one of them with a slap.
But they were so weak, yet they were so confident.
Although they were suppressed by his aura at first, they seemed to recover quickly. They even dared to tease him!
If it was not for the fact that His Majesty said to treat the heroes with respect, he would have slashed them with his sword.
This was an insult to the strong!
Ding. [Li Zheyu's favorability towards you has decreased by 1000. You are now in the [Disgust] range. You may be killed at any time. Please be careful.]
"F * ck!"
The female player, Qingyan, who had just teased him, was stunned when she saw the system notification.
She took a screenshot of the newly created team channel.
A Lifetime Joy: F * ck, little Yanyan, what did you do to your husband?
Hunting Star: 66666, Sister Qingyan is the best!
Firework: * cough cough * Qingyan, be careful. *
Qingyan: I was just teasing him. QAQ Isn't Li Zheyu a gentle and loyal dog? He's too fierce!
Other than Qingyan, a few other players who were the fiercest also received the warning of their favorability dropping.
For a moment, everyone was quiet.
Qingyan took the opportunity to add everyone as a friend and pulled all the players into the team channel.
After exchanging messages, the others finally knew what had happened. Qingyan also knew that she was the one who had lost the most favorability!
Now, no one dared to say anything. They could only complain in the team channel.
Ah Caizi had a lingering fear as well.
In front of her, there were a lot of "Husband 666" and "Li Zheyu is in love."
This was related to her fan base. Some of them were also playing Game of Gods, and Li Zheyu was actually quite popular.
Li Zheyu did not know this at all. He only felt that the group of so-called heroes in front of him was very strange.
They had been noisy just a moment ago, but now they were collectively silent.
However, he could clearly see that their mouths were opening and closing. They were looking at him strangely, which made him feel very uncomfortable.
Li Zheyu was an honest person. He would not say what was on his mind, but he would … drop favorability!
Therefore, the players who were standing in front of him all received the system notification.
"F * ck, my favorability dropped by more than 500. Besides Li Zheyu, the soldiers around me are also dropping!"
"Damn it, me too. I dropped by more than 400!"
"What's going on? Didn't we not talk to him? How did he drop favorability? Is this NPC crazy? "
The team channel was in a complete mess.
As a small fry, Araiko naturally could not say anything. However, seeing Li Zheyu's face getting darker and darker, she could not help but take the opportunity to suggest.
"Why don't we all be quiet? I think he might have something to say. "
"He can't hear us!"
"But he can see our expressions. He definitely knows whether we are listening or not."
"An NPC's intelligence can't be that high, right?"
In the end, it was Qingyan who made the decision. "Then listen to the girl. Everyone, don't talk. Look at Li Zheyu and see how he reacts."
Qingyan had quite a bit of prestige. Moreover, she was the one who formed the team. Now that they were still in the exploration stage of the game, everyone basically obeyed her orders.
This time, everyone was really quiet.
Li Zheyu also felt this. His expression was a little strange. At this time, the adjutant beside him reminded him of the time.
He nodded, looked at the players in front of him, and finally said his first sentence.
"Welcome to the Roland Empire, brave warriors. I am the captain of the Royal Guards, Li Zheyu."
Seeing that this method was really effective, the players were delighted and continued to listen attentively.
Li Zheyu was very satisfied with this.
He said seriously, "His Majesty the Emperor wants to see you. Please follow me into the palace."
"F * ck! We are going to see the Emperor! "
"Who is the Emperor? Is he also a character in 'Gods' Game '? "
"Hahahaha, a brave warrior from another world, this setting is too old-fashioned!"
The players were crazily complaining in the team channel. Li Zheyu couldn't hear them, but he saw their expressions.
His face darkened.
The players were still under his pressure and could only stay where they were. However, they could still make some slight body movements, such as holding their stomach and laughing.
"Tap — tap — tap —"
Li Zheyu stepped closer to the laughing young man and stood in front of him.
He asked gloomily, "Brave warrior, what I just said, is there anything funny about it?"
The young player's face turned pale.
Although the realism level was lowered and he couldn't feel the pressure, Li Zheyu's expression was too scary.
That was a murderous aura that had been honed through real bloodshed and countless battles. It wasn't something that ordinary people could resist.
He didn't speak. Li Zheyu ignored him and only said coldly, "Soldiers, arrest him!"
"Wait until I report to His Majesty, then we will deal with him."
"Yes!"
The two soldiers closest to him stepped forward and arrested the young man. A new player at Level 0 was like a lamb waiting to be slaughtered in the hands of the soldiers.
The young player's expression was very bad.
Why did they only arrest him and not the others? This was very embarrassing! And in front of Goddess Qingyan!
The captured player struggled violently.
The soldiers of the Royal Guards were not to be trifled with.
It would be fine if you were strong, but you were weak. You dared to provoke Captain Li just now, and now you were publicly disrespecting His Majesty. How could you expect them to have a good attitude?
One of the soldiers didn't even think and directly chopped his neck. He just wanted to make him behave, but in the end —
-300！
All the players watched as a critical hit value appeared above the young man's head, and then …
The young man's HP bar was emptied, and he fell to the ground.
No one expected that the first death of a player in the game would happen so dramatically.
F * ck!
This NPC is too awesome, isn't he?
Some people tried to detect the soldier's information, but they could only see the words "unfathomable," while Li Zheyu said "extremely dangerous."
The players all swallowed their saliva.
Someone asked softly in the team channel, "That brother just now, can you still speak after you die?"
They had too little information now, so they could only try to figure it out bit by bit.
No one spoke. After a while, Qingyan whispered, "I asked him privately. He is now in a soul state, so he can't speak. He can only type privately."
"Also, there is a time limit for resurrection. You have to wait 30 minutes."
"You can choose to resurrect on the spot or nearby. There is a limit to the number of times you can resurrect on the spot. You can only resurrect 10 times per day."
Everyone sucked in a breath of cold air.
30 minutes, that was too long!
They were now in the exploration period, so time was precious. Although they had only been in the game for a few minutes, everyone realized the potential of this game.
With this 99% realism, it would definitely become popular!
Moreover, they had received some insider information that this was a closed beta without deleting files. In other words, the level treasures they obtained now could be brought into the open beta!
Now, even the most undisciplined players had to restrain their attitude.
They began to realize that this game was different from what they had played in the past!
The realism was off the charts, and the intelligence of the NPCs was also off the charts!
The players adjusted their attitudes, but the soldier who had attacked just now was very confused.
He had really just lightly hit his neck to knock him out. How did he end up killing him?
After confirming that the young man was indeed not breathing, the soldier's face turned pale, and he looked at Li Zheyu for help.
Li Zheyu didn't expect this warrior to be so fragile!
He was thinking about how to deal with this, but when he saw the expressions of the other warriors, he was slightly stunned.
Everyone's expression was very calm, and there was no anger or sadness at the death of their comrade. Instead, there was only vigilance.
Weren't they in cahoots?
Li Zheyu frowned and said in confusion, "He's dead."
The players looked at each other. If he was dead, he was dead. It wasn't like he couldn't be resurrected. However, their nonchalant attitude made Li Zheyu's heart turn cold.
Even if they weren't in cahoots, they should be from the same race, right? Were these people so cold-blooded?
He was silent for a while, then looked at the soldier and waved his hand. "Drag him out and bury him first."
As he spoke, he observed these warriors, but he found that they really didn't care!
Alright, if that's the case, then it's none of my men's business.
With that in mind, Li Zheyu cleared his throat, looked at the strange people, and said, "Let's go. Watch your words, or … this will be your end!"
This was already a very bad threat.
If it was a diplomatic incident between two countries, it would definitely be a very serious incident. However …
The players nodded in agreement, and some even promised excitedly.
The reason for this was because they all received a system notification.
Ding! Successfully triggered the elite quest — Meet the Emperor. Description: The Emperor of the Roland Empire wants to meet you. Please go to the palace to meet the Emperor. Reward unknown.
Please nod to accept the quest. Otherwise, please reject Li Zheyu.
This was an elite quest with an unknown reward! It would be strange if they didn't accept it!
Li Zheyu looked at the excited eyes of the players, and once again felt that these so-called warriors were crazy.
He secretly noted it down and prepared to report it to the Emperor later.
Then, he led the players out of the Summoning Hall, and directly boarded the floating bus that had been waiting for them outside.
There were close to two hundred people, and it took three buses to fill it up.
The players also didn't expect that this game that looked like a western fantasy would have such a high-tech floating bus.
Looking at the crowd outside, they were all more skilled and couldn't get any information, which made everyone feel a little worried.
In the palace, Xu Sili sat on the throne, and his spiritual power was focused on the outside.
Suddenly, a light blue screen appeared in front of him.
Ding! Conditions met. Quest System activated. Reputation Exchange System activated.
Then, a new interface appeared.
Xu Sili's interest was piqued. After studying it carefully, he found that he had an additional quest panel, and could issue quests to the players.
Of course, the quests were not unlimited.
Every quest required his mana to be issued, and there were five levels — Mythical, Epic, Legendary, Elite, and Normal.
For the first four levels, the mana cost decreased from 10000 to 10, and the Normal quests didn't require mana. The higher the level of the quests, the more experience points the players would receive.
As for the item rewards, it was up to him.
Xu Sili touched his chin, and issued an Elite quest [Meet the Emperor]. The condition was that all players could accept it, and there was no limit to the number of people. The reward was unknown.
A quest description appeared on the quest panel, and it was displayed in orange font. The top right corner of the quest box showed the number of people who had accepted it.
Soon, the number increased rapidly from 0, and finally stopped at 325 — because he ran out of mana.
Each Elite quest required 10 mana. Although Normal quests didn't require mana, this quest was [Meet the Emperor]. If it was a Normal quest, it would be too embarrassing.
He wondered if his second brother had received the quest …
Xu Sili clicked on it, and a long list of information appeared at the bottom of the panel. There were more than three hundred people, and he couldn't finish reading it all in a short time.
He had to give up and study the Reputation Exchange System.
The Reputation Exchange System was actually a subsystem of the faction system. It was like having an additional faction storage, and players could use their Reputation to exchange for items in the faction storage.
As for the faction storage …
Xu Sili's expression was strange. Wasn't this his treasury?
The Roland Empire was really poor, and there weren't many good things in the treasury. Of course, there were some treasures, especially for the players at this stage.
But, wasn't it a bit too much to open up his family storage for others to see?
Fortunately, Xu Sili quickly found that he could change the settings, and he hurriedly operated it.
First, he chose all of them, and then he chose two two-star weapons. The exchange conditions were: Reputation Level [Worship], Reputation 9999.
He then chose some inferior equipment and lowered the exchange threshold, but the Reputation Level needed to be at least [Friendly].
The special ones were the Eshe coins.
He roughly looked at it. Players could get 1 point of Reputation by completing a Normal quest in the Roland faction, but Elite quests only gave 10 points.
Most of the players could only accept Normal quests.
After thinking about it, Xu Sili set that 1 point of Reputation could be exchanged for 2 Eshe coins, and the Reputation Level was [Friendly].
[Friendly] was actually very easy to level up, as long as you accumulated 100 Reputation Points.
At this stage, Game Coins were still very important to the players. He didn't know about the open beta, but he definitely couldn't pay for it in the closed beta.
So, if they wanted to earn money, they had to work for him!
As for the faction storage, it was still open to all players. As long as they were within the Roland Empire's territory, they would be able to see it.
After setting it up successfully, Xu Sili secretly spent 10 Eshe coins to make an announcement.
Yes, he had to let all the players see it.
If you don't abide by the rules and etiquette, you can't exchange for items in the faction!
After he finished setting it up, Li Zheyu also sent a message saying that they had already boarded the hover car and would arrive in five minutes.
Xu Sili felt a little excited.
However, his guard captain seemed to have something else to say, and the message kept saying "Input in progress."
He raised his eyebrows and waited for a while. Finally, he saw Li Zheyu's carefully edited message and understood what happened at the summoning circle.
He couldn't help but shake his head. This bunch of idiots was just as he had guessed.
But this was also good. He could intimidate them so that they wouldn't think that this was another game and that they could do whatever they wanted.
Xu Sili comforted the poor guard captain. He probably didn't know that he was the husband of many "Heroes."
And that player who was killed would be resurrected in the future. He hoped that he wouldn't be frightened.
After a while, Li Zheyu led everyone back to the palace and waited for the summons outside the main hall.
Xu Sili had already used his mental power to check.
At this moment, he frowned slightly.
Because he only saw close to 200 players, but the system clearly showed that there were 1,000 players. However, he quickly realized the answer — he had neglected the other four main cities.
The main cities were basically beginners' villages.
The other players were probably assigned to other cities. This made Xu Sili's expression turn ugly.
He suddenly had a bad premonition.
"Your Majesty, the Heroes are waiting outside the hall. Do you want to summon them?" At this moment, Grand Duke Filton reminded him.
Xu Sili calmed down and nodded. "Let them in one by one."
The first to enter was the professional player Lin Mu who had been elected by everyone. He was the most experienced and the most powerful. Everyone was convinced that he would lead the way.
Under the guard's lead, Lin Mu walked into the main hall cautiously. When he saw the silver-haired young man sitting on the throne, even though he was a man, he couldn't help but be stunned.
He seemed to see the real version of the Elf King, elegant and noble, with a cold and distant expression.
Until the guard beside him reminded him, he finally came back to his senses and clumsily bowed like he had just learned outside.
At the same time, he sighed again. This game's modeler is amazing!
However, His Majesty the Emperor was very cold to him.
He glanced at him and then looked at the guard beside him. The guard immediately understood and led Lin Mu to the door on the other side.
Lin Mu was a little confused, but he quickly realized that his mission was completed! He received 100 experience points and 10 reputation points.
These 100 experience points directly increased his level from zero to one. It was as if they were given to him for free.
Someone asked him in the team channel, and he quickly changed to text and told everyone the news.
Xu Sili watched Lin Mu leave with a strange look in his eyes.
Lin Mu's initial attributes were not low. His Constitution was 9, and he was a good fighter, but …
His HP was only 900.
In other words, one point of Constitution for an NPC was equivalent to 1,000 HP, but players only had 100 points?
He didn't know what to say about this.
Actually, it was understandable. After all, players had the racial skill of unlimited resurrection. If there were no restrictions, how could NPCs survive?
Xu Sili didn't dwell on this point. Players had unlimited potential, that was for sure. However, he was more interested in his second brother's situation.
In the end, he was very disappointed in the next meeting.
His second brother wasn't in this group of players …
In the end, Xu Sili wasn't in the mood to talk at all.
He ordered Li Zheyu to take the players to the Mercenary Town to fend for themselves. After that, he didn't care anymore and directly returned to his bedroom.
He didn't know what went wrong. His second brother's spawn point was actually not in the Imperial City.
As for the other four main cities, they weren't connected to the Imperial City. He couldn't go there, and his second brother couldn't come over.
Unless he sent an army to force his way there.
However, he didn't know which city his second brother was in. If he forcefully sent an army to escort everyone here, he would definitely suffer losses.
And as the Emperor, he couldn't leave.
Inadvertently, Xu Sili caught a glimpse of himself in the mirror. He only felt that it was funny. Then, he saw the crown on his head, and a sense of irritation and depression surged into his heart.
He took off the crown, turned around, and threw it at the wall to vent his anger. In the end —
It was firmly caught by a hand.
Xu Sili was stunned. He watched as the man caught the crown and walked towards him step by step.
He was a little stunned and muttered,
"Aren't you only coming back tomorrow?"
Si Sheng slightly curved his lips and said softly, "I wanted to see Your Majesty as soon as possible, so I came back early."
"Your Majesty, are you unhappy?"
Xu Sili bit his lip. The awkwardness of that night had already been forgotten. An inexplicable feeling spread in his heart.
He looked at the man who suddenly appeared in front of him. He suddenly reached out and impulsively hugged Si Sheng, who was in a daze.
"Your Majesty …"
"Don't talk," Xu Sili buried his head in his shoulder and said softly, "Let me hug you for a while. Just for a while …"
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